OCR Text |
Show I r- THE TO HBWS Wr " Lioiifctmnt Colonel R. W. IInnting-I IInnting-I w ' i ton"sktlttlllion of marines, which landed I IfrVV ;f- 5 from the transport Panther on Friday, W?-mf ' l and onciunoed on th hill guarding th"6 I iuT.' "' - abandoned cable station at the entrance I T 'V t0 l'10 nuror Suantanamo, has been I --. engaged in heading ofF a ruah attack by ly, Spanish guerillas and regulars since ft ''? o'clock, fiaturday afternoon. " K I', Tho lighting was almost continuous for I bO&fc 13 hours until 0 oclock this morning, 8 flSlt'- when reinforcoments were landed from flj ' 'L tho Marblehcad.' I tH Four of our men were1 killed and one B t I wounded. ' 'I I , J i. The advance pickets under Lieuten- I ' JL an ov'"e n,u' S.iaw are uuaccouiittd m- for. gff. Auiong tho killed is Assistant Surgeon ' " John BUiir Gibbs, son of Major Gibb.i of fMdjfc-. the regular army, who fell in the Ouster !pH , massacre.- His homo was in Richmond, ferl - a,i ut bbjiaa been practicing in New Ilk' YoVk, and entered tlio sorvice since the i Mr . war began. Ho was a savy popular I ' 4? ' officor. P i. ?"' Tho others killed are Sergeant Charles H.'Smith of Smallwood,' Private Wil- ' ' liamDunphyof Gloucester, Mass!, and i Private James McColgan of Stoneham, Mass. '' 'no Spanish loss is unknown, but It -' ?' was probably considerable Tho splashes Itw of blood found at dayhght nt tho posi- fjr;v i tions tho Spanish occupied indicato v, . Ji fdtalitins. but their comrades carried ofl jf'W tho killed and wounded. |